Hoelbrak was originally the hunting lodge built by Asgeir when he led his people south, placing the fang he took from Jormag in its very center. Hoelbrak, referred to as the Great Lodge of Hoelbrak, is the largest of the norn settlements that were built after the servants of Jormag drove the norn from their homeland in the Far Shiverpeaks.
When the Elder Dragon Jormag drove norn ancestors out of the Far Shiverpeaks, the Spirits of the Wild - Bear, Raven, Wolf, and Snow Leopard - guided them to this area, and now great halls dedicated to those spirits dominate the settlement. Hoelbrak has become the social center of the norn race.